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What Happened to The Service Grab Bag?!?

mijjesticmijjestic Posts: 481 Arc User
edited August 2012 in Champions Online Discussion
What the heck is up with getting rid of the Service Grab Bag?! The only Grab Bag even close to worth a crap. :mad: And currently standing in for all Grab Bags to date is the worst one ever. Yeesh.

Variety is the spice of life, guys.

Also, hate all Grab Bags!!!! (^_^)

(except Service ones...R.I.P. :frown::frown: )
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  • mavryckemavrycke Posts: 90 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Been gone for quite some time.
  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,540 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Dead and gone, as the other grab bags.

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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    When they realized that people actually make 'money' with all the Q grinding, they had to pull the stuff out that actually made money for them....
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  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,540 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    flyingfinn wrote: »
    When they realized that people actually make 'money' with all the Q grinding, they had to pull the stuff out that actually made money for them....

    And this is also why the FF slot is so expensive, to avoid people getting it just by grinding their heart content's :3

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  • visionstorm01visionstorm01 Posts: 564 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    mijjestic wrote: »
    What the heck is up with getting rid of the Service Grab Bag?! The only Grab Bag even close to worth a crap. :mad: *snip*

    Hence, the reason they got rid of it :tongue:

    Though, its kinda nice to see that they got rid of almost all the grab bags (or maybe ALL period, not sure I can find any). To me that says (or at least could be taken to mean) one thing: the grab bags weren't profitable enough to keep them around indefinitely (otherwise they would still be around). YAY*!

    *or all those of us who hate grab bags
    klitty wrote: »
    flyingfinn wrote: »
    When they realized that people actually make 'money' with all the Q grinding, they had to pull the stuff out that actually made money for them....

    And this is also why the FF slot is so expensive, to avoid people getting it just by grinding their heart content's :3

    Q-grind doesn't matter from a financial stand point because those CPs exchanged for Q still have to be bought from Cryptic. Cryptic loses absolutely nothing to anyone buying their stuff 100% with CPs bought from someone else with Q. Its just shifting the pay to someone else.
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Since there ain't answer from Cryptic/PWE saying: 'Sorry guys, we had to remove the Grab Bags because they were not selling'....Or absent smiley for the 'conspiracy theorists' i had to go without one...
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  • neuraldamageneuraldamage Posts: 590 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    visionstorm01 wrote: »
    Q-grind doesn't matter from a financial stand point because those CPs exchanged for Q still have to be bought from Cryptic. Cryptic loses absolutely nothing to anyone buying their stuff 100% with CPs bought from someone else with Q. Its just shifting the pay to someone else.

    *ahem*

    LTSers with monthly stipends... granted it's small (or is it?) but hardly "absolutely nothing".
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  • grapemoussegrapemousse Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    neuraldamage wrote: »
    *ahem*

    LTSers with monthly stipends... granted it's small (or is it?) but hardly "absolutely nothing".
    They have still paid for those C-Points. VS's point is that there were NO free C-Points. You can now get free Zen through promotions, however.
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  • visionstorm01visionstorm01 Posts: 564 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    neuraldamage wrote: »
    *ahem*

    LTSers with monthly stipends... granted it's small (or is it?) but hardly "absolutely nothing".

    My LTS has yet to pay itself off. So in my case, no, they're losing nothing from CPs that originally came from my account. And even if my LTS had already paid for itself (i.e. reached the 20-month mark) the issue you're trying to bring up would still be an issue regardless of the existence of the Q-system, since I would still be able to buy things from the c-store using CP that came from an account that's earning them nothing. So they would still loose nothing that they weren't already loosing anyways.
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  • lotar295lotar295 Posts: 903 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    klitty wrote: »
    And this is also why the FF slot is so expensive, to avoid people getting it just by grinding their heart content's :3

    Yea we have promotions and surveys to do that with now!:biggrin:
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  • mijjesticmijjestic Posts: 481 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    visionstorm01 wrote: »
    Though, its kinda nice to see that they got rid of almost all the grab bags (or maybe ALL period, not sure I can find any). To me that says (or at least could be taken to mean) one thing: the grab bags weren't profitable enough to keep them around indefinitely (otherwise they would still be around). YAY*!

    *or all those of us who hate grab bags

    I get what you're saying about less grab bags = oh well. :)

    As to sales...the massive amounts of junk Service Grab Bag stuff sold cheaply (in comparison to now...which are peeps dumping stuff from their lvl 10+ boxes I think) on the AH suggested a lot of purchases 'back in the day'. And I certainly grabbed (^^) a few myself with leftover points from other acquisitions n suchery. I never bought any other grab bags.

    And currently there is one lame grab bag: the drifter salvage/ harmon catalyst piece of garbage. And what a poorly designed crock it is: my consolation prize is some stupid further virtual currency from a rinky dinky list of overpriced-anyway costume unlocks?

    Give people freebies in grab bags for chrisakes! "Oh well, I didn't get the big'un, at least I got this." Less buyer remorse. Unless the virtual currency is Q or even (significant) G which is versatile, virtual currency is probably a terrible consolation prize psychologically.

    It is pretty amusing that the grab bags are just getting worse and worse. Our next one will probably give a Rock 99% of the time. :rolleyes:

    Wait, wait! I got it: the G bag! There are surely suckers who'd line up for a big phat payout of G!
  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,540 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    lotar295 wrote: »
    Yea we have promotions and surveys to do that with now!:biggrin:

    Shut up... TT 3 TT

    <goes and cries in the corner, since her sheepy burro of a country has no promotions>

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  • psytce0002psytce0002 Posts: 56 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I miss the cursed grab bags ...... it was the only way to get the cursed/scourge costume pieces, now you can't get them at all....
  • agentnx5agentnx5 Posts: 2,026 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    psytce0002 wrote: »
    I miss the cursed grab bags ...... it was the only way to get the cursed/scourge costume pieces, now you can't get them at all....

    There are several things that are exclusive like that: Grond & Qwyjibo & Tumerboy action figures, costume unlocks from the old crafted gear, pre-varianced/nerfed Dark Speed (i.e.: a level 7 device giving R3 travel powers), legacy crafted travel power devices, or even certain unlocks that are developer access only.

    Having a few exclusive things makes them extra special no? :-)
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